For some decades digital maps have been used to enable in-car navigation, as well as a number of different infotainment-related features. Increasingly, efforts are being made to leverage map data to support and facilitate a variety of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), with a view to increasing safety and efficiency in consumer and commercial vehicles, alike.
This report will analyze the role of the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Interface Specification (ADASIS) in enabling a fragmented automotive ecosystem to develop map-enabled ADAS, and what the contribution of digital maps will be to the logical conclusion of ADAS: semi-autonomous and autonomous driving.